In the summer of 2014 I travelled to a small and little known town in Southwestern Ontario called Oil Springs. During the 1860's the first global oil boom started here. The boom spread to nearby Petrolia in the 1890's and the Canadian pioneers of this industry made and lost fortunes, built towns and industries, Banks, Theatres, and businesses. One of those families still operates wells in Oil Springs using technology invented by his grandfather. This is Charles Fairbanks III. Charles was gracious enough to give me a tour of his wells and recount stories of his family's early days spent in Oil Springs.